Stereotype of the Year loser
South Park:  Indians are "cold-hearted," "greedy," "evil"

Stereotype of the Year dishonorable mention
Berliner:  Western civ. is "the objectively superior culture"

December 2003

Harlem Valley Times head:  "Indians scalp Lady Warriors" Fla. liquor store named Geronimo's Spirits to "honor him" Sovereign nations may soon be exposed as "archaic fiction" Peter Pan's Indians heal headless teddy bear in ceremony California's leaders grovel before tribes' "unchecked power" Romantic novel's Paiute is "unfailingly kind...sexy...wise" McDonald's says Native children don't need scholarships Yeagley:  Liberals deceive Indians about name, spirituality Award show:  "Hopi chief" talks about feminine hygiene Ad:  Navajo hockey team can't shoot but can sell jewelry Cartoon:  Chief wants to "Save Our Graves" to build casino "The idea of [indigenous] cultural continuity...is unsound" T-shirt:  "Vegetarian" is old Indian word for "bad hunter" Wireless TV commercial shows Indian attack on US Army "Princess" misses lipstick war paint, hopping on one foot

THE LOSER! Dishonorable mention

November 2003

Non Sequitur equates grievances of Indians and Pilgrims Yahoo e-card shows turkey dressed as Indian, whooping Frito Lay's Santa Fe potato chip bag displays Taos pueblo Preggie Peggy site touts Blessingways for moms-to-be Students wear crowns of feathers, sing Pocahontas songs The Missing's Indians:  evil witch doctor, good Christians Editorial defends feathered kids at school's Thanksgiving Isleta's "rude" casino ad violates "Native American way" Fromson:  "Sovereign rights" means "special interests" Casinos are "lightly regulated," attract "organized crime" TV judge tells Native to bury hatchet or smoke peace pipe County Web posting says Chippewa were "weaker race" Vargas Llosa:  Indigenous movements generate "disorder" Minnesota teacher says killing of Indians wasn't genocide Not eating food on floor is "tribal rubbish" of "savages" Brother Bear website has "Create your own totem" game Indian gaming offers little benefit but enriches tribal leaders Head:  "Cowboys scalp 'Skins to maintain NFC East lead"

THE LOSER! Dishonorable mention

October 2003

Brother Bear's religion = "Great Spirits," animal totems Europeans couldn't outdo Indians for "cruelty," "savagery" Tribes hear "gaming profits" and discover "sacred" lands Wolf:  Widespread crime allegations cast cloud over gaming Iroquois flag makes Indian kids "a special class...separate" Schwarzenegger is "irresponsible" if he doesn't tax gaming Stevens wants to know if "phantom tribes" exist in Alaska "Little Mary Sunshine" play portrays cartoonish Indians Environmentalists:  Klamath Tribes won't take care of land Kan. church displays cutout of bug-eyed, big-nosed chief Schumer:  Oneidas creating nation within a county or town Column:  Indians are "primitive Stone Age level savages" Fromson:  Pequots' shared value is "a desire for money" WSJ's Murray:  Indians are the "villain...behind the tree" Ad:  "Shiffer" Indians died because they were "so foolish" Berliner:  Western civ. is "the objectively superior culture" Larouche:  Indian gaming is front for "crime-linked circles" Leno:  Bustamante celebrates with chief dancing by teepee Fein:  Activists = "spoiled children of political correctness" Stevens:  Sovereignty threatens "destruction of statehood" Meyer cartoon shows tipi as casino offering "loose slots" Report:  Increasing aboriginal population linked to crime

Dishonorable mention THE LOSER!

September 2003

Leno:  Bustamante "out of it" after tribes donated peyote Following "Cruz for Governor" stickers leads to casinos T-shirt shows loincloth-wearing "brave" dangling by rope "Frankenstein's monster" created by licensing tribal gaming Schwarzenegger ad:  Gaming tribes should pay "fair share" Griffin:  Kickapoo Indians are "Pond Scum of the Month" Cartoon:  Fat Indian is addicted to slot machine donations Lopez:  Bustamante would do rain dance for casino money Jackpot book paints Pequots as fakes, money grabbers Indian casino allows drunk men to sing "Indian Outlaw" Mesa State College headline:  "Mavs scalp Sioux 31-24" Casinos become "part of a foreign country"...an "empire" Perkins:  Tribes prefer growing casinos to uplifting Indians Natives "exempt themselves from the law of the land" Ore. pageant ends with Umatillas forced onto reservation Historical society wants "hostile Indians" marker restored Leno implies tribal donations to Bustamante are "bribes" Indian Princesses makeover is "zealous multiculturalism" Seminoles, Cherokees say black Indians can't be members Store ad:  Ancient Indian symbol causes "endless misery" Fund:  California casino tribes "aim to run the whole state" Recall candidates "dance to the tune of the gaming tribes" Alm:  Kansas casino isn't legal because it's "self-regulated"

THE LOSER! Dishonorable mention

August 2003

Lynch:  Indian tribes are "shills" for the gambling industry Schwarzenegger claims Indian tribes are "special interests" Chronicle cartoons show crying Indian, teepee with dice Limbaugh claim:  "Tribes Lavish Cruz With Bustawampum" Tribes = "all-American sleaze merchants and scam artists" Sonoma County fable:  "The little city and the big casino" Fox News:  Indians "don't pay a penny in state taxes" Reno mural portrays noble pioneers and stealthy Indians Yeagley:  "Seven white boys" supervise Blackfeet, others

THE LOSER! Dishonorable mention

July 2003

Homeland Security mischaracterizes tribal governments "We are not responsible for the laws...of the distant past" False sovereignty is "real culprit behind Indian problems" RI governor:  Narragansetts have "no sovereign immunity" Bizarro implies Indians were aggressors against whites Herman implies Indians were aggressors against whites Headline:  Chinooks want to build casino and make money Boy Scouts in "Order of the Arrow" dress up as Indians New drink good only for "microwave-challenged Eskimos"

Dishonorable mention THE LOSER!

June 2003

Bizarro shows Indians digging in home for burial ground Native prisoners must take test to practice their religion Superintendent compares eagle feather to "Manson stuff" Casinos run by white men would solve "Indian problems" 3 Wishes Lingerie features Naughty Navajo, Sexy Chief Columnist:  Off-reservation casinos threaten Constitution Indians will "say and do anything to get what they want" Sask. MP decries "race-based privileges" and "handouts" Editorial:  Force tribes to use sovereignty responsibly KARN radio talk show calls rude people "little Indians" Student article alleges Indians used drugs, scalped people

THE LOSER! Dishonorable mention

May 2003

Milo's Return claims Indians derived culture from Atlantis Recognizing Virginia's tribes = "race-based public policy" Mohawk student banned for wearing religious headband Minnesota official calls tribal treaty rights "apartheid" Alm:  "Sovereignty just doesn't work in a modern society" Cartoon:  Owning a Winnebago enough to open a casino "One Nation" group calls sovereignty "special treatment" Teacher uses "Ten Little Indians" poem as a study guide Editorial:  "Reservation Indians enjoy super citizenship"

THE LOSER! Dishonorable mention

April 2003

South Park:  Indians are "cold-hearted," "greedy," "evil" Bizarro portrays Inuit as hypocrites for wanting to hunt Wisc. GOP party's cartoon:  Taxpayers were "scalped" B.C. solicitor general implies aboriginals are real drunks Christian Broadcast Network:  "Injuns" surround troops Columnist calls Indians' lawyer "Chief Running Mouth"

THE LOSER! Dishonorable mention

March 2003

Rhymes With Orange mocks chandelier-decorated igloo Omdahl:  Natives miss out as the world passes them by Arizona rep. asks why Hopi don't go where the jobs are Gangsters "swarm" Maine Indian casino in Dead Zone Flyer:  "Tribe" to do stomp dance if there's "fire water" Mohawk Carpet is proud of infantile Tommy mascot Utah's Bennett suggests Sen. Campbell do "rain dance" Cowboys fought "warlike" Indians and other "evil men" "Drunk Injuns" band claims to channel "warrior spirits" "Raid looks for mobster link" at Crazy Horse nightclub Anti-drug "spoof" says "Sitting Bull smoked marijuana"

Dishonorable mention THE LOSER!

February 2003

Lone Ranger features "forbidden love," Indian kung fu Reservations are "living hells" or "contrived-for-casinos" "Chief Winaton" is "the enemy" at Cache Creek casino Miramax wanted J.Lo, Hayek to play Indians in movie Belgian store sells big-nosed, warpainted "Indian masks" Pocahontas Barbie looks like Vegas showgirl/harem girl Students harass Apache team about not paying taxes Joe Bob Briggs claims "Pequots...are not real Indians"

Dishonorable mention THE LOSER!

January 2003

Mr. Sterling:  Indian senator smokes peyote in his office Tucker Carlson:  Oneida land claims are "shakedowns" S. Lait cartoon shows teepee atop California state capitol Cartoon:  "Greedy Indians" reject corn, keep $1.5 billion Ramirez cartoon:  "Chief" Gray Davis sells Calif. for $24 NC brewing company sells Indian Head, Firewater ales Honest Injun "strives for excellence" in lawn equipment Online game describes Natives as "aggressive warriors" Lopez:  "Compacts are essentially a reparations program" Tribal chairman compared to "psycho mobster Joe Pesci" Sacagawea play tells story from white man's perspective Article:  Natives didn't contribute much food to the world WSJ:  Indian gaming doesn't benefit "the poor Indians" Denver Post:  Indians stealing from gov't., not vice versa Cartoon implies California Indians want state for casinos Yaffe:  Welfare saps aboriginals of will to pursue goals Natives' "ravening greed" will "disintegrate" rural Calif. Pin features Ronald McDonald as a chief in a headdress

Dishonorable mention THE LOSER!

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